Under Lawrence, Sun
Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 16" x 20" Comments: This is the 3rd time I have painted this place, it's never the same. |
Back to the River
Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 18" x 24" Comments: Went back to the place where I painted my 2nd plein-air this Spring. Now it's all green and a very different experience. After I finished, a groundhog showed up on the other side. |
Overlooking the Don River and DVP
Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 16" x 20" Comments: Inspired by John Twachtman. Painted with a large flat with thin paint. |
The Green Don River
Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 18" x 24" Comments: The day was actually hot, with the sun shinning everything looked greener. If you look carefully you can see a mallard landing on the water. |
The Gothic House in the Conservation Park
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 16" x 20" Comments: This is a historical building, was the house of an early settler family in Toronto. This week the sun has been generous, and you can see the green is really growing in the recent few paintings. |
Overflow Pond in the Conservation Park
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: This is the Spring overflow pond in the park, which connects to the Don River. The entrance from the river can be seen in the bottom right corner of the previous painting. The top right corner of this painting is the same river entrance. |
Don River along the Conservation Park
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: I changed the more trasparent palette which I have used for more than a year, to an opaque set of primaries. I found the saturation is much higher in the painting result. |
Don River under DVP
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: Another attempt at this scene. The weather was changing really fast, from rainning to sunshine, to oovercast, and the iteration continued. |
Portrait Commission
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 12" x 16" Comments: This is a commission. The subject was not fully awake. sold |
Under Lawrence (in the Rain)
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: I had a feeling that it was going to work out well before I even started painting, when I looked at it through the view finder I just knew it. I was working slower than I usually did, making sure I applied the thin transparent darks and thick opaque lights in the correct order, and not rushing to the final stage too quickly. |
Under Lawrence Facing North (in the Rain)
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: Not painting from intuition but applying theories and techniques I have read or seen to the actual work, is a challenging but very exciting path to take. To actually see the theories come to life, and prove themselves true, is rewarding. |
Before the Downpour
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 16" x 20" Comments: I knew it was about to rain but the clouds were just pretty overwhelming, so I did this quick sketch. Then it did rain. |
Day after the Rain
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 20" x 16" Comments: It was chilly. |
Don Valley Slope in the Rain
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: It was rainning, the colours of the tree branches and vegetation are saturated, but the rain and mist bring it back down again. A very interesting scene to paint, it's about the value, the colour, the drawing of perspective was almost non-existent. |
Don River in the Rain
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: It was painted in the rain, but I was under the highway over pass so I wasn't all soaked. The spring rain made the current rapid and colour muddy. |
Bank by the Golf Course
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: |
Toronto Port
Medium: Oil on Masonite board Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: I have been wanting to paint the cargo ships down at the Toronto Port. I finally had the chance today to drive down there. I had to paint behind a fense as there were hardly any empty public space to paint, while I needed to paint facing the sun to avoid direct light on the painting and palette. sold |
A summer farmland
Medium: Oil on masonite Dimensions: 9" x 12" Comments: not available |
Back Alley with Sun
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The Green Backlane
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Three Sparrows
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Blue Panorama
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